“Letterbox Gallery” is an art project designed to humorously critique elitism and fraud in the art world. By founding a gallery that exists only as a physical mailbox in Vienna’s 1st district, the project hosted 31 consecutive solo shows in one day, offering artists the chance to add a “Blue-Chip Gallery” exhibition to their résumés while questioning the authenticity and value of such institutions.
exhibitions
Lorenz Kunath Nikola Supuković Emil Gamauf Sami Çiftçi Barnabás Bácsi Sophie Louise Passow Elisabeth Töltl Johnny Linder Brigitte Mahlknecht Hannah Schneider Nele Hazod Timna Lugstein Jule Thullner Isabella Andrea Pacher Gabriel Rózsa Mira Loeve Roman Peter Prostejovsky Julian Badstöber Sarah Steiner Paul Schneller Dion Lewis Weber Dilara Uz Zoei Paulopoulou Rosa Zappella Ahmed Thaer Constanze Budke Valentin Bossart Paul Riedmüller Louise Lotzing Freaky Green Fish Elias Rudigier Methap Uz Lisa
Map Mop Epilog Entity Component System Kuriosa Tape Babe This is my best paud solo show so far Bio Zellen Abwarten und Tee trinken Licking Flavor Early Drawings Falter Fangen Jääse Die Eintagsfliege Nichts und keine Gedanken Dort Epilog Welcome to Reality Errökl Gravure Ich box dich weg Constellations Welt Dark Wave Red Nicht DICH Castle in the Sand Ohne Titel Still Life Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled
terminology
Letterbox Company
A letterbox company (German: Briefkastengesellschaft, also shell corporation; also known as Briefkastenfirma or Offshore-Firma in German; in Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Domizilgesellschaft) is a colloquial term for a company that is registered in a company register and legally exists, but does not actually conduct any business operations.
Exhibition Farming
A term I invented that aims to generate as many exhibitions as possible.
Blue-Chip
Originally, the compound adjective “blue-chip” was used in the business world to define companies or low-risk investments that can be trusted and are unlikely to fail.